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Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

I was not, at first, really jealous that hubby had last Friday off and got to take the girls to the beach while I had to work. No, I know I get more time with them, so I would not begrudge him the time he gets. I did not then change my mind and hope they were all still at the beach when I finally got home so I could just take a nap. (I did not get my wish, they were home, no nap for me).

We then did not spend all weekend working on various projects because I decided to start nesting. No, I would never keep reminding hubby of all we had to do in the 2 months before baby comes. I know we need a break and rest and time as a family.

I am not making myself crazy with the nesting. No, I know we will get done what needs to be done. Oh wait, I am not still freaking out at how much there is to be done. I am not worried about getting the girls bunkbeds built (hubby’s project) and getting the wallpaper border up and window valances made. No, I know we will get it all done…

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

I did not sit inside on a glorious spring day to write blog posts. Oh no, I am out living life, not writing about it.

I did not meet my husband at the door Friday afternoon and say, I have to go to the gym. I have to get out of here now. My kids were not driving me so nuts I had to count the minutes til I could get out of here. No, I am aware they are 2 and 3 and sometimes will have days that are, well, challenging.

I did not threaten not to come home after a baby shower I went to yesterday, sans kids, if they were still being, well, challenging. I did not completely enjoy my time without them yesterday at the shower.

I did not, while talking to a friend at the shower yesterday, get a kick from baby 3 so hard that I yelped. Oh no, I know what a baby kicking feels like and I am not such a wimp it would cause me to interrupt someone.

I did not stretch my kid-free time yesterday by going to the store on my way home. I also did not buy more strawberries at the store, since I have eaten all of the ones hubby bought me on Wednesday. No, I am not tempted to live on strawberries. Nope, I eat much more balanced than that.

I did not celebrate my birthday by having 3 diet cokes on Thursday. I did not also stretch the three diet coke day into Friday…and Saturday. Oh no, I would never do that. I know the heartburn at any minute could get really bad…

I did not go running into the bathroom with the camera to take pictures of my dirt covered kids before they got in the tub, only to be disappointed they were already mostly in the bathtub.

I did not do any of that this last week(end). Nope, not me…what did you not do this week?

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

Check out my Braxton Hicks Not Me Monday thoughts as part of the fun.

I did not randomly realize I was crying while coping with braxton hicks contractions walking through the grocery store Thursday afternoon. No, I know that I contract early and often in my pregnancies. I did not again cry while having lots of contractions Friday night too. Again, I know for me this is normal. I was not completely overwhelmed by the thought of 3 more months of this on and off. No, I know pregnancy is a gift and I will cherish it. I was not minutes away from telling my hubby we had to go to the hospital to get the contractions checked out Friday night. No way, I am going to keep my promise to my husband to not freak out at every contraction, so I would never overreact already! I was not then so overwhelmed with relief when my midwife e-mailed me back late Friday night that I started to cry. No, I am much more calm, cool and collected than that! I did not then spend Saturday and Sunday afraid every twinge was the beginning of several more hours of contractions. Oh no.

Oh no, this is not going to be a very long 3 months until baby is safely here.

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

I did not wake up on the wrong side of the bed Friday morning and decide I better get me and kids out of the house or spend all day yelling at them just for being kids. No, not me. I am always calm and peaceful with my kids.

I did not then take them to the zoo where I refused to let them get out of the wagon because I did not want to chase them. No, I understand they need to run and play.

I did not bribe my 3 year old to leave the zoo by promising McDonalds, and then decide it was too hard to get to the McDonald’s because it was on the opposite side of the street from where we were. No, I keep my word.

I did not then convince my hubby we had to go to the mall for dinner so I could feel less horrible about not taking them to said McDonald’s. No, I wouldn’t do that. (They had a great time doing what I would never encourage)

We did not bring them home to go to bed, only to have Sue wake up a little bit later sick, very, very sick. We did not then spend the next 3 days watching her get sick over and over, agonizing about taking her to the hospital or waiting to see how she would do.

Oh who I am I kidding, yes we did. She was one very sick little girl. It was tough, we agonized and prayed. And just took it moment by moment. She showed much improvement today, but due to her small size and weight loss of about a pound in three days, I took her in to the doctor. Yes, she has mild dehydration, but seems to be improving. She is playing and smiling. She still refuses all liquids, but did eat a decent amount of jello. And we are thrilled. She is napping right now in her own bed for the first time since this started.

(Just before she got sick one of the many times)

Here she is just before today’s nap—she looks perfect to us!

Here’s praying and hoping the improvement continues…I would never to be such a pessimist as to be afraid she will wake up sick again. No, I would never think that might happen…

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

Life was pretty random this last week, so my not me Monday will likely be ’round the mulberry bush too…just to warn you.

I did not completely freak out this week at work when the littlest family member slowed down his/her kicking and end up in tears at my desk. I did not start to cry because I was confused about whether or not to call the midwife or chalk it up to normal pregnancy stuff. I did not end up e-mailing my midwife and going in the next day for a quick check up. No, not me. I am on my third pregnancy and know babies have busy days and slow days of kicking. (By the way, I do not regret contacting my midwife and going in…) I was not then thrilled when the braxton hicks contractions kicked in (at 21 weeks and 3 days) because it was reassuring. Nope, I know better than to hope for those. I know they will get bothersome and nerve racking on their own. So I would never hope they would start this early. (Again, by the way, this is the same time they started with my 2nd child, so it was reassuring to have it be so normal…)

I am not rewarding myself for drinking the 80 ounces of fluid daily that my midwife recommends by letting myself have a diet coke (or 2). Oh no, I know caffeine will make the littlest family member hyper, so I would never do that.

I did not let my kids jump on my bed so I could work on my sewing longer. No, I would never let my kids engage in a potentially unsafe game so I could work on their Easter present. (Another by the way, my sewing machine is in my room so I was actually supervising them while they did this.) I did not have to look up satin stitching on three blogs in order to figure out what the pattern instructions were telling me. Oh no, I can read a set of instructions and understand them. I did not let my 3 year old watch a marathon of cartoons on Disney Channel so I could continue sewing. Oh no, I would never let the TV be a babysitter.

I did not go to bed early on Friday due to an earache and forget to call my mom to tell her we would not be able to make the trip to visit this weekend. No, I am much more considerate than that. I did not also forget to call my aunt and tell her we were not coming. I would never get too distracted by my earache and sewing to be polite.

I did not let my hubby finish making dinner and then clean up after dinner while I stood here doing this blog post, oh no, I would never be so obsessed with doing a “Not Me post” as to let it cause more work for a family member! Never.

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

So, I thought this post would be all about Sue and what she would not do over the last few weeks, but Caitlyn decided this morning she just had to get in on the action…

Let’s start with Sue (hey, just ’cause she is younger, doesn’t mean she always ever wants to follow after Sissy).

Sue is her own, very unique person. She does things her way, and not at all like her sister did at this age! Sue gets into trouble I don’t even think to suspect.

But…

She would never use a permanent marker on the auquadoodle mat, not my Sue. She would never also get that permanent marker on the wall around the aquadoodle mat. No, never. She would never, in the same night, color on the counters with crayons because, “I want to!” And she would never start this evening off by trying to eat the blue stamp from the Happy Meal. Oh, no, no, no.

(and I would never purchase said meal for my 2 year old without asking for the under age 3 toy)

And she would never, at a time unknown to us, color with a crayon on the kitchen cabinets, oh no!

Caitlyn would never get into Not Me Monday action by throwing a HUGE, HUGE fit this morning. Oh no. She would never get mad when told she could not wear her sleeping beauty dress to daycare. She would never scream and kick because she wanted to wear the dress. This would never continue for more than 30 minutes. Not my child. And she would never get so worked up during her fit that she hit her head on her rocking horse and get a bump on her head. Oh no. Not my child, not this morning.

(Here is said child in another one of her pretty dresses on a peaceful day)

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

So I don’t mind washing laundry, really I don’t. But it can get crazy. I did not let it get to the point that we had two large hampers to fold. Not me. I did not let it get so bad that it took both my hubby and I folding to get it done in an hour. Nope, not me!

I did not let it get so bad that folding it filled our living room to look like this….

And I did not just post that in my blog for everyone to see! Nope, not me. I must have more pride than that… (I will tell you all of that is now put away where it belongs..and that is true!)

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A place to share the joys and challenges of our little, but growing, family. Life with three girls, ages 10, 9 and 6 years old, is a joy most of the time. But, there are challenges to every life and this is my place to share some of that.